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St Photius the Great, tr. Freese, 1920; selections
17. Codex 17: Acts of the Fourth Council—Chalcedon
XVII Read the Acts of the fourth council1 in several books. There were fifteen sessions, at which Dioscorus2 and Eutyches3 were condemned, and Nestorius excommunicated. St. Flavian4 was declared innocent after his death, together with Eusebius of Dorylaeum,5 Theodoret6 and Ibas.7 Other special matters were discussed, and the spirit of piety was strengthened.
Notes
- Of Chalcedon(451).
- Bishop of Alexandria (444-451).
- Founder of the sect of the Monophysites (380-456).
- Bishop of Constantinople (447-449).
- Bishop of Dorylaeum (mod. Eski Shehr) in Phrygia (400-451).
- Bishop of Cyrrhus (Cyrus) near the Euphrates, two days’ journey from Antioch, theologian and ecclesiastical historian (c. 393-458).
- Bishop of Edessa (c. 435-457).